Ultraman cubs begin to wreak havoc.

"Demon King Kijuro..."

"He claimed that he only killed monsters that had gone astray or were lost, and that as for taking the monsters' power for himself... Hmph, he is truly a despicable sorcerer. I cannot forgive such a scoundrel."

Iida Ryu's tone was filled with killing intent. If it were in the past, the woman would have fled long ago if such a powerful samurai released such killing intent, and would never have met him. But this time, the woman only felt extremely at ease, like a green tree under the scorching sun.

The woman covered her mouth, suppressing her voice again, and wept silently, as if she wanted to vent all the pain and grievances of the past years in one breath. The pain was so intense that the woman cried as if she wanted to vomit her heart, liver, spleen and stomach. Jing Tian and Jing Long couldn't help but worry that this monster might die from excessive grief.

Just then, a strong gust of wind blew through the crack, extinguishing the lamp and plunging the thatched hut into darkness, as if even the heavens could not bear to witness this tragic scene, and used darkness as a shield to avoid the worst.

"warrior."

After a long while, the piercing cries gradually subsided. Then, after a long pause, the woman's hoarse voice finally came from the darkness, pleadingly whispering:

"Once you have killed this person, may you return to the forest?"

Iida Iryu's eyes flickered slightly. He instinctively wanted to agree, but then he realized that the monster's request seemed to represent something. So he didn't answer. He was a samurai who would eliminate monsters, a fact he had never forgotten.

"Please promise me, you must, you absolutely must come to the forest again and meet me."

However, despite Iida Iryu's silence, the woman persisted and spoke again. At the same time, she tried to grab Iida Iryu's sleeve, pleading with the samurai to grant her request. But Iida Iryu simply took a step back silently, still without speaking. What this meant was self-evident. Finally, the woman gave up and fell silent, and the hut fell into silence.

This time, the silence was not broken.

Then, as dawn broke, Jing Tianjinglong's figure had vanished. The woman stepped outside from the hut, taking one last look at the forest she had long since grown weary of. A gentle breeze caressed her face; there were no birdsong in the forest. Gradually, the woman's body was enveloped in light. Accompanied by the light, the woman's body finally transformed into a pure white fox.

With the hairpin given to her by Jing Tianjinglong in its mouth, the fox ran towards the rising sun. Bathed in sunlight, the fox's figure shone even brighter.

Eventually, the fox disappeared into the depths of the forest. From some point onward, the villagers nearby began to call the forest "White Fox Forest," and the name of the forest has never been changed since.

There will never be another. There will never be another.

coming! ! !

The story of the samurai and the white fox has come to a temporary end, but Minamoto no Subaru, who has been observing everything from the sidelines, noticed the fluctuations in the time bubble. He saw the strange green tentacles and thick energy limbs appearing from the sky, attempting to modify the story between the samurai and the white fox, and thereby giving rise to more twisted things.

Yuan Mao could clearly sense that time within this time bubble was becoming intermittent, and if he didn't intervene, this time bubble would slide into a terrifying abyss.

"Nexus!"

Thinking of this, Gen Subaru raised his hand, summoned the light within his body, and transformed into a giant of light, chasing after the primordial creation. The monster seemed not to have expected Gen Subaru to be squatting there, and immediately withdrew and fled. Gen Subaru naturally would not let it go and immediately gave chase.

only....

At the spot where Gen Subaru had just been standing, the Evolution Trustee was quietly placed beside a rock, then transformed into a ray of light and vanished...

In the modern timeline, the sound of rusty bicycle brakes echoes through the forest.

This road... you can't ride a bike any further on. If only the government could allocate some funds to repair this road.

As the only patrol officer in the village, Yasunori Awano, thought this to himself, he took his feet off his dilapidated bicycle, gathered his necessary equipment, secured the bike, and continued his journey up the mountain path, only...

Facing the lush, towering trees, he couldn't help but sigh. He knew it would be tiring to walk from here to the stage.

Awano Yasunori gently patted his lower back. He'd had back pain since turning forty. He hesitated, even considering going all in and pretending he'd already investigated, then turning back... After all, that was just something a child would say; maybe she'd misunderstood...

Yasunori Awano stood there, pondering for a long time. This was what happened this morning. A little girl with a schoolbag came to the police station. Yasunori Awano looked at her. Although he couldn't remember the girl's name, he knew she should be a student at Moriki Academy.

Then, the girl said her name was Matsushita Haruna and recounted her experiences in the forest. After listening, Awano Yasunori thought it was just a child's wildly imaginative story. He told Haruna that the police would investigate carefully and that she shouldn't overthink it and should go to school.

In reality, Awano Yasunori just wanted to get rid of her as soon as possible, and Haruna seemed to believe what the policeman said. After saying "Thank you for your help" to Awano Yasunori with a cute smile, she walked straight towards the school.

The forest in this village is commonly known by the villagers as the "White Fox Forest." Many legends about the forest circulate in the area. Some say that a nine-tailed white fox roams the forest, some say that evil spirits live in the forest, and some even say that the souls of people eaten by evil spirits wander in the forest... and so on.

Yasunori Awano came to this village as a local policeman eleven years ago. Since he arrived, people have often mentioned these legends. Every time, he would go into the forest to patrol, but he never found anything strange.

To be honest, this forest is densely wooded and dark even during the day, and it's easy to get lost if you're not careful. So, Yasunori Awano could only interpret these legends of white foxes and evil spirits as warnings passed down from generation to generation by the villagers.

After all, adults rely on these fictional monster legends to warn children not to go to dangerous places on their own.

So, Awano Yasunori was originally prepared to give up, but Haruna's words made him wary.

"There was a man and a woman burying something."

If she had only talked about demons and fox spirits, Awano Yasunori might not have come over. However, Haruna's mention of "burying things" made Awano Yasunori feel that the matter was somewhat believable.

There may be a variety of motives behind the act of burying.

They might have murdered the victim and buried the body. Or they might have brought in illegal industrial waste to bury it.

With this in mind, Yasunori Awano could no longer ignore the situation. Although there had never been a precedent, the White Fox Forest was indeed the best place to hide crimes, especially the lowlands in the forest known as the stage.

When Awano Yasunori came to his senses, he was already on the path leading to the White Fox Forest. But once he arrived, he realized he had been overthinking things. The forest was simply too vast, and his old, frail body trembled with worry just looking at it.

"forget it."

Finally, Yasunori Awano made his decision. If that girl comes to ask again tomorrow, I'll tell her that I've investigated but found nothing. She's just a kid, she probably won't investigate further. Besides, she probably won't even come to ask me tomorrow. My back is still hurting so much, there's no need to make things difficult for myself.

After convincing himself of this, Yasunori Awano lifted his foot to go back and find it, and rode his bicycle back.

Just then, a warm breeze blew in, and Awano Yasunori's movements came to an abrupt halt. He felt a gaze on him and hurriedly checked his surroundings.

nobody.

However, he still felt that someone was watching him, and the warm wind blew again, causing the trees to sway.

"Who...who's there?"

Awano Yasunori blurted it out involuntarily, but no one answered. Terrified, Awano Yasunori carefully looked around, and only after confirming that there was nothing there did he turn around, let out a long sigh, and wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

It's just an illusion.

Awano Yasunori snapped out of his daze and was about to return to where he had parked.

rustle.....

Suddenly, something darted through the gaps in the trees and jumped in front of Yasunori Awano.

"Wow!"

Awano Yasunori screamed in fright, bent over and fell to the ground. In front of him was a woman, a thin woman with short hair, probably between twenty-five and thirty years old. She was a stranger and probably not from the village.

"Don't scare me, okay!"

After recognizing the newcomer as a human, Yasunori Awano, drenched in a cold sweat, stood up and grumbled:

"Don't you know that people can scare each other to death?! Speaking of which, what exactly are you... Waaah!"

Before he could finish speaking, the woman had already grabbed his neck.

"Waaaaah!!!!!"

To Awano Yasunori's surprise, although the woman was physically frail, the hand gripping his neck possessed immense strength. In that instant, Awano Yasunori realized something...

I...I'm going to be killed.

Awano Yasunori tried to call for help, but he no longer had the strength to speak. At that moment, the woman smiled and continued to grip Awano Yasunori's neck, saying in a commanding tone:

"Open your mouth."

Even without the woman's command, Awano Yasunori, who was struggling in pain, had already opened his mouth unconsciously. Then the woman also opened her mouth, and a brownish, blocky object was shot out of the woman's mouth at bullet speed and flew into Awano Yasunori's mouth.

Then, the woman slowly released Awano Yasunori, who squatted on the ground, panting heavily. He felt his consciousness becoming increasingly unclear, and the scenery around him was hazy as if seen through a fog, and it kept spinning around. Finally, Awano Yasunori lost consciousness.

Before fainting, Yasunori Awano heard the woman say something:

"You'd better work hard for me!"

Looking at the unconscious Yasunori Awano, the woman let out a triumphant, sinister laugh. However, she failed to notice that at this moment, Awano's body was emitting an eerie bluish-green light, and a similar faint glow was flickering in the woman's eyes...

The time came, and at six o'clock the next morning, Matsushita Haruna arrived at the police station, but there was no sign of Awano Yasunori.

Strange... Where did the police go?

Yesterday morning, Haruna stopped at the police station on her way to school and told Awano what had happened in the forest. Officer Awano kindly assured her that he would investigate the forest, and Haruna felt relieved and went to school.

However, when Haruna returned to the police station after going home from school, she didn't see Officer Awano. So she wrote a note and left it at the police station.

"I am Haruna Matsushita, who requested your assistance in conducting a forest survey. Please contact Moriki Gakuen. Thank you, Officer!"

But now, the note is still in the same spot where the spring vegetables were yesterday, untouched.

"It seems the police officers haven't come back since yesterday."

Haruna was a little worried, then she realized something and her eyes widened.

"Oh my god, could it be... that the police officer was attacked in the forest? If that's the case, it's all my fault. It's because I asked him to investigate that this happened..."

Haruna was completely at a loss. Today was the day the GUTS members were coming to Moriki Academy to offer their condolences, and both Haruna and Yumeko were eagerly anticipating it. It was precisely because of this that Haruna wanted to find out the results of yesterday's forest incident investigation as soon as possible, so she came to the police station early in the morning from the academy.

However, Haruna's mind is now filled with self-blame for Uncle Tanano.

What should we do?!

"Hello."

While Haruna was hesitating, she heard a lazy male voice behind her. Haruna turned around and saw a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses standing behind her.

"Oh, little sister, are the police here?"

Haruna shook her head.

"He's not here. That's troublesome."

Haruna observed the man in front of her. Judging from his appearance, he probably wasn't from the village; he was probably a tourist.